You might think, at first sight, that Werner Bonefeld’s book Critical Theory and the Critique of Political Economy is not for you, especially if you dive into the introduction unprepared. Think again. There is more than one way into it, and from the formidable theoretical apparatus and [...]
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2016 Capital as Power Essay Prize First Prize $2000 Second Prize $500 Third Prize $300
https://www.recasp.com/essay-prize
The Review of Capital as Power (RECASP) announces an annual essay prize on the subject of capital as power. [...]
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In May 2011, the Eurozone crisis in Portugal led the co-called troika of the EU, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund to agree a €78 billion bailout with ongoing review procedures. Unemployment in 2011 was at 15.2 percent–the then third highest in the Eurozone after [...]
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2016 9th Annual Wheelwright Lecture in Political Economy
David Ruccio (Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame)
“Utopia and the Critique of Political Economy”
Previous Wheelwright Lectures have been delivered by Walden Bello (2008), Jim Stanford [...]
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Alan Knight, Lawless Robbery Under the Volcano: British Cultural Commentators on Revolutionary Mexico, 1920-1940
Sydney Ideas and the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney (in association with the Institute of Latin American Studies at La Trobe University) [...]
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A massive, nationwide strike caused major disruption to India’s economy on 2 September, popularised as Bharat Bandh (literally ‘India closed’ in Hindi/Sanskrit). Some unions have claimed this was the largest general strike in history, with up to 150 million workers involved and costs to [...]
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Around the world more and more states are introducing or tightening government debt limits, or considering constitutional balanced budget amendments. In 2015 the democratic wishes of the Greek polis were summarily disregarded by the European Union, as a referendum was ignored in favour of [...]
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2016 9th Annual Wheelwright Lecture in Political Economy
David Ruccio (Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame)
Eastern Avenue Auditorium, University of Sydney
18 October, 2016 – 6:00pm (drinks and bookstall in the Foyer beforehand from [...]
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